The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction / Walter Benjamin ; translated by J.A. Underwood.

Main entry:

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.

Title & Author:

The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction / Walter Benjamin ; translated by J.A. Underwood.

Publication:

London : Penguin, 2008.

Description:

110 pages ; 18 cm

Series:

Penguin great ideas

Notes:
The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Franz Kafka : on the tenth anniversary of his death -- Picturing Proust.
Translated from the German.

Summary:

One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political implications of this are. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

ISBN:

9780141036199 (pbk.)
0141036192 (pbk.)

Subject:

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 Translations into English.
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 Criticism and interpretation.
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922 Criticism and interpretation.
Benjamin, Walter,
Kafka, Franz, Criticism and interpretation.
Proust, Marcel, Criticism and interpretation.
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924.
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922.
Mass media.
Aesthetics.
Arts and society.
Art and technology.
Art Reproduction.
Médias.
Arts et société.
Art et technologie.
mass media.
copies (derivative objects)
Beeldende kunsten.
Reproducties.
Massmedia sociala aspekter.
Massmedia politiska aspekter.

Form/genre:

essays.
paperbacks.
Essays.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Translations.
Translations into English.
Essais.

Added entries:

Underwood, J. A. (James Amery)
Great ideas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 287758
Call No.: BIB 229124
Status: Available

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